Pueblo, Colorado is a city located in Pueblo County in the state of Colorado. It is home to a diverse population of over 110,000 people. Politically, Pueblo has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold and consistently votes for Democratic candidates in national elections. The city is governed by an elected Mayor-Council form of government and each year the citizens of Pueblo elect nine council members to represent them in local politics. The Mayor’s office is held by Mayor Nick Gradisar who was first elected in 2019 after two terms as City Attorney. Aside from this, many other community organizations such as the Pueblo Neighborhood Alliance (PNA) and the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce are actively involved in local politics and work hard to ensure that all residents have access to their rights and opportunities.
The political climate in Pueblo, CO is leaning liberal.
Pueblo County, CO is leaning liberal. In Pueblo County, CO 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pueblo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 47.8%.
Pueblo county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pueblo, CO is leaning liberal.
Pueblo County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Pueblo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Colorado is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pueblo, Colorado: D d D D r d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Pueblo, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,764 contributions totaling $408,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,072 contributions totaling $395,845 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)